The Latest on the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Health officials in eastern Congo are vaccinating some pregnant women and infants against Ebola for the first time since the outbreak was declared in August. More than 1,400 people have now died from Ebola, and an experimental vaccine produced by […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Singer first came to fame with his movie The Usual Suspects in 1995 Director Bryan Singer has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with a man who accused the film-maker of raping him as a teenager. Cesar Sanchez-Guzman said the Bohemian Rhapsody director sexually assaulted him on a yacht in
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The Tour de France is heading north. In 2021, for the first time in its 118-year history, the race will begin in Denmark; it will be the northernmost start for the prestigious cycling race. Three Danish legs of the race, or stages, are planned for July 2, 3 and 4 that year. The Tour de
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Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It is also adding a smaller number of deleted accounts linked
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The Latest on U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (all times local): 7:15 a.m. Phil Mickelson will tee off in his 28th U.S. Open, the only major he hasn’t won, and he doesn’t need to be reminded that his chances are dwindling to get the last leg of the career Grand Slam. He turns 49 on
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Rory Stewart said the success of his social media campaign has seen him through to the second round of the Conservative leadership race. The international development secretary rejected a claim from the BBC’s Andrew Neil that he was “continuity May”. He told the presenter: “I don’t look anything like the previous PM”, and he negotiated
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are rising early Thursday as a jump in the price of oil boosts energy companies. U.S. oil rose 3.3% after two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were damaged in suspected attacks. Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained 3.6%. Oil
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Actress Jessica Biel says she’s not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions. The 37-year-old has drawn criticism after appearing this week in Sacramento with vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to voice concerns about the measure. Biel posted on Instagram Thursday morning that she
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Image copyright BBC News Image caption George Alagiah returned to the screens in January BBC newsreader George Alagiah is to begin another round of treatment for bowel cancer, his agent has confirmed. His agent Mary Greenham added in a statement he would “aim to be on-air as much as possible but may need to reduce
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BERLIN — The Humboldt Forum, the problem-plagued museum housed in a reconstructed palace in the center of this city, has pushed back its opening date to 2020 because of technical reasons, officials announced this week. They added that “it was not realistic for the building to be ready for use by the end of 2019
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